Anyone ever hurt their ankle a small bit before? How long did it take to heal?

Chocolatito

13 days ago I slipped to the floor when I foolishly left water on my bathroom floor. My left foot came right back and my heel almost touched the back of my upper leg.

I had a couple of bruises on the foot but they are fading. However there is still some discomfort in my ankle, that's all; no pain just discomfort. Like I can walk without pain, put on my trainers, stand up and walk up and down stairs without any pain whatsoever.

But the little niggle in my left ankle isn't totally going away after 13 days. I like to walk for an hour on the treadmill at my gym, but I fear doing that could make the ankle worse.

(I am NOT seeking medical advice BTW, this isn't a serious medical issue.)

Raichų

I would recommend you just visit a GP as you might require some physio or something.

volchitsa

Yes it can take ages, and while I know you're not looking for medical advice, I would say that this is more from my own personal experience: you really need to be very careful about pushing things by treadmills and the like. Injuries like that can seem to be better but in fact the weakness remains for months or even permanently if you don't take good care at the time. You do need to strengthen it, but not by going at it like a brute.

So my non medical advice would be to go to the doctor and see whether it's too late now to start taking proper care of it. I sprained my ankles badly at two different times in my life: first time I was a student and typically careless, second time was the other ankle, when I was in my early 40s, and that time I did everything right, including physiotherapy. Ten years later, it's the first injury that has left that ankle permanently weakened especially on uneven ground, even though the more recent one was probably worse.

Sephiroth_dude

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Best to go to the A +E or your doctor and get it seen by professional.

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